In this course -- through a combination of video lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on practice -- you’ll learn about the main components of an operating system and how to perform critical tasks like managing software and users, and configuring hardware.
By the end of this course you’ll be able to:
● navigate the Windows and Linux filesystems using a graphical user interface and command line interpreter.
● set up users, groups, and permissions for account access.
● install, configure, and remove software on the Windows and Linux operating systems.
● configure disk partitions and filesystems.
● understand how system processes work and how to manage them.
● work with system logs and remote connection tools.
● utilize operating system knowledge to troubleshoot common issues in an IT Support Specialist role.

SI

It took some time to due to lap graded assignments.However finally enjoyed the course specially the remote connection section and Linux and windows operating system files and folders troubleshooting.

TA

Mar 24, 2018

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Excellent advice on carving it in a stone and being too stubborn to quit. So much of what is seen is sugar coated instasnap filtered that hearing Leverage your Strengths and work hard is reassuring.

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Navigating the System

Welcome to the Operating Systems course of the IT Support Professional Certificate! In the first week of this course, we will cover the basics of Windows and Linux operating systems (OS). We will learn about how directories and files work in Windows and Linux OS. You will also learn practical ways to manipulate files and directories in the Windows graphical user interface (GUI), Windows command line interface (CLI), and Linux shell. By the end of this module, you will interact with files and directories and perform basic text manipulation in Windows and Linux OS.

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Transcript

It's important to know that there are a couple of command line interfaces or CLIs available in Windows. The first one is called the Command Prompt, command.exe. The second one is PowerShell or powershell.exe. The command prompt has been around for a very long time. It's very similar to the Command Prompt that was used in MS DOS. Since PowerShell supports most of the same commands as Command Prompt and many, many more, we're going to use PowerShell for the exercises in this module. I want to call out that many PowerShell commands that we use are actually aliases for common commands in other shells. An alias is sort of like a nickname for a command. The first command that we'll use is for listing files and directories. Let's start by listing the directories in the root of our C: drive. The C: drive is where the Windows operating system is installed. For many of you, it might be the only hard drive that you have in your computer. To get to the PowerShell CLI, just search in your application's list PowerShell. From here, we can go ahead and launch the PowerShell program. We're going to use the ls or list directory command and give it the path of where we want to look. The path is not actually part of the command but it is a command parameter. You can think of parameters as a value that's associated with a command. Now you can see all the directories in the root of your C: drive. You might just see a few or a whole bunch of directories. It all depends on what your computer is used for. The C: drive root folder is what we call a parent directory and the contents inside are considered child directories. As you continue to work with operating systems, you'll encounter terms that may seem a bit out of place at first but they actually make a lot of sense. Parents and children are common terms that stand for hierarchical relationships in OS's. If I have a folder named dogs and a second folder nested within that folder called Corgi, dogs would be the parent directory and Corgi would be the child directory. Let's look at a few of the common child directories in this folder. Program Files x86. These directories contain most of the applications and other programs that are installed in Windows users. This contains the user profile directories or home directories. Each user who logs into this Windows machine will get their own directory here. Windows, this is where the Windows operating system is installed. If we open a PowerShell and run Get-Help ls, we'll see the text describing the parameters of the ls command. This will give us a brief summary of the commands parameters. But if you want to see more detailed help, try Get-Help ls -Full. Now you can see a description of each of the parameters and some examples of how to use the command. What if we wanted to see all the hidden files in this directory? Well, we can use another useful parameter for the ls command, -Force. The -Force parameter will show hidden and system files that aren't normally listed with just ls. Now you can see some important files and directories like Recycle Bin. This is where the Recycle Bin lives. When you move files to the Recycle Bin, they're move to this directory instead of being deleted immediately. Program data, this directory contains lots of different things. In general, it's used to hold data for programs that are installed in Program Files. All right, now that you've seen how to take a look around the file system in Windows, lets see what this process looks like in Linux.

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